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Taking a comparative approach, Alan T. Wood traces the evolution of democracy from its origins in prehistoric times and describes democratic growth in thirteen Asian countries from Japan in East Asia to Pakistan in South Asia and examines key issues such as:

* How does the democratic experience in Asia, in countries with unique and totalitarian political traditions, compare with democracies worldwide?
* Is the aspiration to freedom universal or is it a product of western ideas and institutions?

Fascinating, brilliant, oddly moving, a warm human picture this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957. And no wonder. It is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a lucid account of his work and its significance. The author, who was himself a philosopher and journalist, has followed the bright thread of Russell s personality with affectionate insight, from the three-day-old baby who looked about him in a very energetic way, and the boy who jibbed at taking Euclid on trust, through the many turns of his life, to the undimmed octogenarian, still...

Fascinating, brilliant, oddly moving, a warm human picture this biography was enthusiastically received when it came out in 1957. And no wonder. It is not only the lively story of a distinguished man but a lucid account of his work and its significance. The author, who was himself a philosopher and journalist, has followed the bright thread of Russell s personality with affectionate insight, from the three-day-old baby who looked about him in a very energetic way, and the boy who jibbed at taking Euclid on trust, through the many turns of his life, to the undimmed octogenarian, still...

Alan Wood's ambitious work is the first to address the whole span - both chronologically and thematically - of the development of Siberia, and its role in both the Russian and the global context. With a scope that reaches from to Muscovy's conquest of Siberia in the 16th and 17th centuries to modern times, it explores the effects of colonial exploitation, the Revolutions of 1917 and developments during the Soviet period. Russia's Frozen Frontier is also the first book to detail the history of Siberia from the view of Siberians themselves - both Russian and native - rather than seen...

An elite crew of high tech thieves, anchored by ex-Army Ranger Nick Keaton, is hired to steal a quantity of highly sensitive information--Information that could prove devastating to the world's population.

What follows is a sophisticated, high stakes game of cat and mouse. A story of thieves, on the job and off,...

W omen have been battling and continue to fight for their rightful place to be appreciated and accepted in society. But women have made serious contributions to the world and continue to do so. In "Amazing Women," author Alan L. Wood highlights some of the most influential women in modern times.

From leaders in fashion to the entrepreneurs, from the courageous women in war to the thinkers and the stinkers, Wood covers every aspect of women's contributions. All of the women detailed came from humble beginnings and in many cases, attained wealth through their hard work and persistence....

The Russian dynasty of the Romanov tsars began in 1613 during an era of intense civil strife with the coronation of Mikhail Fedorivch Romanov and was destroyed in the revolutionary turmoil of 1917.

In the intervening three centuries the relatively small, land-locked kingdom of Muscovy grew into the world's largest land empire. Yet size was no protection for the dynasty, and throughout the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries a conflicting triangular relationship developed which had, at its apex, the tsarist autocratic government and, at the other two angles, the separate focuses of...

An elite crew of high tech thieves, anchored by ex-Army Ranger Nick Keaton, is hired to steal a quantity of highly sensitive information--Information that could prove devastating to the world's population.

What follows is a sophisticated, high stakes game of cat and mouse. A story of thieves, on the job and off,...